Spigot



Dec. 29, 1936. I A. c. WISCHMEYER 2,065,846

SPIGOT Filed Sept. 4, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN VENTOR ALBERr C Manna-7E1? ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 29, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to spigots and has for one of its objects to provide a spigot that may be applied to the container before it is shipped so that on the delivery thereof the consignee is supplied with a dispensing device to make the contents immediately and readily available for use.

A further object of this invention is to so construct the spigot that it is especially adapted for use with beer kegs so that the beer can be easily drawn from the keg and forced thru a cooling coil as it is being dispensed from the keg.

Another object of this invention is to combine the spigot with an air inlet valve thru which air can be forced into the keg with any small air pump such as a bicycle pump in order to dispense the contents of the keg under pressure.

Another object of this invention is to so construct the spigot that when it is shut off it will be located completely within the chime of the keg so that it will not interfere with the shipping of the keg.

All these and other objects of this invention will become more readily apparent from the detailed description of the invention which follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the spigot and a portion of the keg on which it is mounted.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View of the spigot and the keg portion immediately surrounding it, the section being taken on the line Zzv-Za: of Figure 1.

Figure 3 isa longitudinal sectional View of a modified form of the spigot and the keg portion immediately surrounding it.

In the several figures of the drawings like reference numerals indicate like parts.

As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 the spigot comprises the valve body 1 which is provided with the hollow plug 2. This plug has a suitable thread 3 formed on the outside thereof with which the plug is threaded and sealed into the head 4 of the keg. Horizontally mounted to oscil late in the valve body I is the hollow valve 5 which is provided with the transverse inlet 6. This inlet is arranged with relation to the extension 1 of the valve 5 so that when this extension is in a horizontal position parallel to the head 4 of the keg, the inlet is located at right angles to the port 8 leading to the valve from the hollow plug 2. With the valve extension in a horizontal position the spigot is therefore shut off. The valve body I with its valve. 5 and extension 8 is dimensioned so that the spigot in its closed position is entirely located below the outer edge of the chime of the keg. This protects the spigot and the keg may therefore be shipped without danger of having the spigot broken in the handling of the keg.

The outlet of the extension of the valve of the spigot which forms the handle for opening and closing the spigot is at an angle to the extension and is provided with a suitable thread to which a hose or piping can be connected to pipe the contents of the keg either directly into drinking containers or into a cooling coil in which the liquid is cooled before it is dispensed. By the use of a flexible hose the extension 1 may be operated to open or close the valve during its connection with the cooler without bending the flexible hose which would interfere with the flow of the liquid therethru.

The contents of a keg are usually forced out of the spigot by air pressure and for this purpose the valve body I of the spigot is provided with an inlet air duct It] in which is mounted the check valve H preferably of the pneumatic tire valve type. The air duct is normally closed by the cap H! but when it is desired to dispense the contents of the keg, the cap is removed and replaced by the coupling of the air hose of an air pump to permit the pump to pump air into the keg to force the contents thereof out of the spigot under pressure.

The air duct II] has its outlet in the hollow plug to one side of the port 8 thru which the contents enter the spigot so that air entering the hollow plug of the spigot will not interfere with the liquid in entering the valve of the spigot and the movement of the valve extension will not interfere with any pump connection made with the air duct.

In Figure 3 I have shown a modified form of the spigot in which the valve body I3 is provided with a laterally moving hollow valve I4. The valve is provided with a large pitch male thread l5 which is threaded into a corresponding female thread [6 in the valve body and the pitch of these threads is such that a quarter turn of the valve will move the valve against or away from the valve seat ll in the valve body and either close or open the valve. A bonnet I8 is threaded to the outside of the valve body and surrounds the hollow valve M to provide a tight joint around the valve as it moves in and out of the valve body.

An extension l9, similar to the one illustrated in connection with the valve of Figures 1 and 2, is provided on the valve l4 and this extension serves as the discharge nozzle or the connection with any hose or piping andat the same time In place of a thread for anchoring the valve body of the spigot to the key, the plug 20 of the spigot may be tapered as illustrated in Figure 3 so that it only need be driven into the keg to displace the solid plug with which the keg is originally provided.

I claim: 7 V

In a combined air inlet and liquid discharge valve the combination of a valve body having a tubular extension, a check valve in said valve body forclosing said air port,- a hollow valve 7 member in said valve body cooperating with said liquid port for opening and closing said liquid port, a hollow handle for operating said hollow valve member, said hollow handle forming a continuation of said hollow valve member and means projecting from said valve body and forming a continuation of said air port for the connection of hose means to said air port without causing interference with the movement of said hollow handle, said handle having an extension substantially parallel to said valve member adapted to have a hose connected thereto so as to hold said hose uniformly spaced from said valve body in any position of thehandle and permit a ready manipulation of the handle without interference from the hose.

ALBERT C. WISCHM'EYER. 

